Eli was a late addition to the Jackrabbit roster in fall camp and will bolster the Jackrabbit special teams unit in 2025
BEFORE SDSU: Put together an All-America and record-setting career at Northwestern College (Iowa) ... scored 488 points in five seasons with the Red Raiders, setting school records with 62 field goals and 300 extra points while adding a two-point conversion ... named to NAIA/AFCA All-America Second Team in 2024 as he went 15-of-21 on field goals, including a school-record 60-yarder, and was perfect in 36 extra-point tries ... booted five field goals of 50 or more yards at Northwestern ... earned all-Great Plains Athletic Conference honors four times, including receiving first team recognition in both 2020 and 2024 ... was a second-team all-GPAC honoree in 2023 and an honorable mention pick in 2021 ... ended the 2021 season with single-season school records 16 field goals and 75 PATs... also handled the punting duties ... at the prep level, was a two-time all-district selection at Oostburg High School ... honor roll student and member of the National Honor Society ... earned degree in marketing at Northwestern